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Public Meets Perseverance Rover Model

Overhead view of members of the public looking at a life-size model of NASA's Perseverance rover at the Science Center of Iowa.

June 08, 2022

At the Science Center of Iowa, members of the public see models of the Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which landed on the Red Planet in February 2021. The models and NASA Mars team members are on a road trip at several locations as part of NASA's “Roving with Perseverance” exhibit.

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